50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

What do you listen to when you're cooking up a storm? Do you want something upbeat and fiery, or mellow tunes that won't distract you from creating a culinary marvel? Here are 50 suggestions, lyrically, thematically or ostensibly gastronomic, starting with Jake Bugg - Taste It .

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Arctic Monkeys – ‘Piledriver Waltz’
“Your waitress was miserable and so was your food,” Alex Turner sings in one of his greatest songs. Probably not the most motivating anthem, but still, it's a banger.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

The Beatles – ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’
Many will be surprised to hear that the song is not in fact about a field but about a Salvation Army children’s home the suburbs of Liverpool. Either way this classic remains as delectable (sorry) to the ears as ever.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Drake – Pound Cake
A must on Mary Berry’s baking playlist for sure. Can you imagine her whisking away at her latest sweet delight while rapping “cake, cake-cake, cake-cake, cake” like it’s a sort of cake-rising incantation? If it’s good enough for Berry it’s good enough for us all.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Don McLean – “American Pie”
'American Pie' was a number one hit for four weeks when it was released in 1972 and has remained a favourite being covered by the likes of Madonna and “Weird Al” Yankovic. Good for a kitchen sing-a-long.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

The Smiths – “Meat is Murder”
Good for mashing potatoes or kneading dough.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Jack White – ‘I'm Shakin’’
Shake up some salad dressing to this one. Or maybe a margarita.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Foals – My Number
Cooking can be a game of numbers so keep your measurements correct by listening to ‘My Number’ by Foals.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

N.E.R.D – “Lapdance”
Looking at Pharell Williams it seems as the man has not aged and it probably has something to do with his diet. You can only guess what crazy things he eats to keep that youthful glow.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
The opening track and lead single from their 1971 album 'Sticky Fingers' is optimum cooking music.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Pea”
The hottest chilli in the world is the Ghost Pepper which rates 855,000 heat units on the Scoville scale. The pepper is so hot that scientist actually proposed using it as a weapon… not exactly the kind of chilli pepper you want to come across in your Balti

The xx - Angels
The xx may not seem like a likely candidate to be compared with the nostalgic pudding Angel Delight. But if you’re turning to the pink stuff in a form of post-break up comfort, this song's a good choice.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

The Beatles – Savoy Truffle
With "Crème tangerine and montelimat, a ginger sling with a pineapple heart" it's a classic Beatles oddity.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

The Arctic Monkeys – Black Treacle
Alex Turner wrote the track after watching some old westerns, and wanted to put the words ‘Belly-button piercings’ in a song. The stuff you can do when you’re famous, eh?

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Action Bronson - Compliments To The Chef
When lacking meal-time inspiration, try turning your ear to Action Bronson. The lyrics offer advice on possibly some lamb, or the vegetarian option ‘stuffed zucchini flowers'. Although, this may not be a track to blast if you’re hosting Sunday lunch, your dear old grandmother may not appreciate Action’s ‘Two in the pink and two in the stink’.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Coconuts – Widespread Panic
In 2008 Widespread Panic held food events after their gigs to help the local food bank.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

John Lennon -“Meat City” "Finger lickin' chicken pickin' Meat City shook down U.S.A," sings Lennon on the 12th and final track on his 1973 album Mind Games.

Chance the Rapper-“Juice”
'Juice' was the first release from Chance's brilliant mixtape 'Acid Rap'.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Neil Young - “T-Bone”
“Ain’t no T-bone” supposedly refers to the common response of the chef at the Bella Vista restaurant when times were busy.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

The Sugarcubes- Eat the Menu
The Sugercubes formed on June 8th, 1986 which happened to be the day that Bjork, then lead singer of the Sugercubes, gave birth to her and Sugercubes guitarist, Þór Eldon’s son, Sindri Eldon.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

“Repetition” – David Bowie
‘Can't you even cook?’ sings David Bowie. A chance to prove him wrong.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Dissolve Me – Alt-J
The best track to listen to while making caramel, its sweet dreamy melodies will whisk you away.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Johnny Cash – “Everybody Loves A Nut”
Sure, it's about a hermit called Fred who kept a horse in a cave but it's also perfect for when you're making that nut roast or almond tart.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Led Zeppelin - “Lemon Song” "The way you squeeze my lemon, I'm gonna fall right out of bed," sings Robert Plant on their 1969 album 'Led Zeppelin II'.

System of a Down – ‘Chop Suey!’
Rockers SOAD wrote a song called Chop Suey which, if we’re honest, has absolutely nothing to do with chop suey.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

50 Cent – ‘Candy Shop’
The rapper is known to work with the World Food Program and donate meals to starving children, inspired to give back after visiting impoverished areas in Africa.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Newton Faulkner – ‘Sugar in the Snow’
Unlike one of Newton’s other songs about a man with a job as a professional dog-food taster, sugar in the snow is perfect for cooking along to on a chilled afternoon.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

The Stone Roses – (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister
As learnt on Masterchef, sugar spinning can make many a botch-job look impressive.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Fall Out Boy – Sugar We’re Going Down
A video on YouTube shows Patrick and Pete eating baby food, a great watch to pass time as you cook.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Bloc Party - Banquet
When cooking up a feast at a street party, or as it’s known in the US, a block party, this is the only band to listen to.

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50 Mouth-Watering Songs To Cook To

Wu Tang Clang – C.R.E.A.M
No one likes a dry Christmas pudding! If you’re joining the mass panic of the annual Christmas shopping then make sure this track is on your ipod to help your remember the essential Christmas item.